Rick Thorne

Rick Thorne

Rick Thorne is a professional BMX rider, as well as an actor/TV and radio host/musician. He began riding at 12 and entered his first competition at 15 and hit the road at an early age. Thorne plays in a band called Good Guys In Black, and appeared on "Monster Garage" when a crew constructed a giant mobile half-pipe. He also appeared on "Stunt Junkies", where he wallrides a moving semi-truck. Thorne has also featured in both of the Mat Hoffman Pro BMX games and "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland". He has a signature shoe on Draven Shoes, has featured on "MTV Cribs", and has had his own action figure. He appeared in "Triple XXX" alongside Vin Diesel and had an principal role in the upcoming Kevin James comedy "Mall Cop".

Contests

*1988 AFA AM Overall Champion (American Freestyle Association) 1990 King of Vert AM Champion
*1992-1993 BS (Bicycle Stunt) AM Overall Champion
*1995 until present X-Games Athlete
*1999 until present Gravity Games Athlete
*1997-2002 MTV Sports & Music Festival Athlete
*1999 Lipton X-Games, Puerto Rico
*2000 New Zealand X-Games Champion
*2002-2005 MSS (Mobile Skatepark Series) Athlete, USA & International
*2004 LG Action Sports Contests, China/Korea, Russia/England
*2005 Dew Action Sports Series

*2002 joined ESPN to host the nationally syndicated radio show/podcast called EXPN ACTION SPORTS and EXPN Radio. EXPN Radio is the longest running action sports show in radio history.

Tours

*1985-1987 BMX Brigade Demos
*1988-2001 Sprocket Jockeys
*1996-1997 Big Day Out Tour Australia/New Zealand
*1996-2007 Vans Warp Tour Worldwide (USA/Australia/Europe/Japan/New Zealand)
*1997 Sweden BMX Tour
*1997 Golden Dreams Live Tour, Malaysia
*1999 Philippines Show
*2001-2003 Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour
*2002-2003 Tony Hawks Boom Boom Huck Jam (hosted & rode BMX)
*2004 Vans Tour, Cuba
*2004 Laruas Sports Awards, Portugal
*2005 Tony Hawks Boom Boom Huck Jam (hosted & rode BMX)
*2005 Vans Warped Tour
*2005 Tony Hawk's Secret Tour #2 for MTV / Activision
*2006 Tony Hawk's Grand Jam, Orlando, Florida

Thorne appeared on several other tours such as X-Games Xperience, Xtreme Wheels Live, McDonalds New Zealand, Vans Skateparks.

He also appeared on the "Charity" episode of Rob and Big. He offered his skate ramp for Big Zeus to try out BMXing.

External links

* [http://www.rickthorne.tv Official website]
* [http://www.23mag.com/gens/thorne.htm Pictorial timeline]
* [http://www.myspace.com/goodguysinblack Good Guys in Black on Myspace]


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